Method of sewing sleeves into garments



Dec. 9, 1924. y 1,518,584

E. KASRALOWICZ METHOD OF SEWING SLEEVES INTO GARMENTS Filed March 22,1924 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES ELY KASRALOWICZ, 0F POUGHKEEPSE, NEW YORK.

METHOD 0F SEWING SLEEVES NTU GARMENTS.

Application led March 22, 1924. Seriali Nc. 701,083.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that ELY KAsnALowioZ, a citizen ot the Republic of Russia,residing at 144 Church Street, in the city oi: Poughkeepsie, in thecounty oit' Dutchess and State of New York, U. S. A., has inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Methods of Sewing Sleeves intoGarments, ot which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhis invention relates to a method of sewing sleeves into garments,such as coats and dresses.

ln the manufacture of garments of this class, to produce the tullnessrequired in the sleeve, the upper end of the sleeve is always made muchlarger than the arm hole in the garment, and the sleeve is gathered toreduce it to the. size ot the arm hole, and this operation is first doneby bast-ing pieces oi tape to the sleeve edge to hold the tullness whilethe sleeve is sewed into the garment, and as the operator sews in thesleeve he is obliged to adjust, reduce or enlarge this fullness asnecessary to insure a c0rrect t, and in so doing the tape becomes brokenand much time is consumed in the operation, and skilled labor required.

The object of the present invention, is to provide a means whereby thesleeve can be prepared and the fullness gathered in a quick andeflicient manner and by unskilled labor, and the time and labor ofsewing the same into the garment greatly reduced.

Another object of the invention is that the sleeve may by this method besewed into the garment from the sleeve side, meaning the inside ol' thesleeve thus making it much easier for the operator to handle the garmenton the machine.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certaincombination of parts and materials as will hereinafter be fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhich form a part thereof and in which like iigures of reference referto corresponding parts in all of the views, but it is understood thatwhile I have described the invention as here shown that slight changesmay be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the invention comprises in combination witha. double stitch machine, oi' a method of employing in place oir thelower thread as ed from the bobbin, oi a thread composed of rubber orother suitable material, which is fed to the machine under tension, andcombined with the upper thread as fed by the needle, will as secured tothe cloth, eiiect a conraction or will gather the same as the tension ofthe thread is relieved and the rubber thread contracts pulling the clothwith it, and Kthe amount of such gather may be controlled by the amountof tension with which the rubber thread is fed.

ln Figure l, the numeral l indicates the sleeve, which is gathered as at2 by the thread 3, to reduce it to the proper size to conform to and litthe arm hole 4 of the garment.

ln Figure 3, the usual shuttle 5 is shown, which is attached to the stud6 secured to the machine 7, by the latch 8 which is hinged to theshuttle and is shown as in the open position.

The bobbin 9 which is wound with the rubber thread under tension, thatis the rubber thread is stretched in some suitable manner before beingwound on the bobbin, and the feeding tension of the same is maintainedby any suitable means such as a spring 10 placed between the bobbin 9and the machine 7, or any suitable mechanism may be employed for feedingthe rubber thread to the cloth under tension, and means employed forchanging said tension as desired.

The sleeve having been gathered in this manner by the rubber threadretained in place by the usual thread combined or interlaced therewiththrough the cloth; the

rubber thread 12 being on one side of the cloth, as it is not possibleto use the saine with the needle, as the eye of the needle would cut orbreak the rubber and also the rubber could not be pulled through theclot-h, so i'or this reason a double thread machine must be employed.

The sleeve is nowV sewed into the garment by the operator who can lessenor increase the tension or amount oif-gather at will on account of therubber thread.

As shown in l `igure 3, there is further provided a spring l1, securedto the latch 8,

which when the shuttle 5 is in place and the bobbin 9 inserted, willpress against the end of the bobbin 9 producing tension.

The shuttle 5 is provided with the usual hole l2 through which thethread is fed.

While itis not here shown, there may be employed in place of the rubberthread, a rubber tape which can be sewed to the goods inthe usual way,but the thread has been found to produce the best results.

It should also be noted that to allow oi' the furtherstretch or.elongation of the rubberthread, the needle thread should be operatedwith very little tension when sewing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A method of sewing sleeves into garments,v comprising; first;gatheringthe fullness of the sleeve with al rubber'thread, and

then sewing said sleeve into the garment.

v2. A method of sewingsleeves into garments, comprising, first gatheringthe :tullness of the sleeve lwith arubber thread under tension, and thensewing the sleeve into the gru-nient inthe-usual manner.

3. A method of attaching sleeves to garments, comprisingfin connectionvwith a double thread machine, employing the usual I si gnature.

ELY KASRALOWICZ.

